The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . g from 13to 13*2 hands), by the greater length and thickness of its mane,by its bushy and more horse-like tail, and by the smaller size 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 417 sqq. (letter from Layard and Notes on anew variety of Quagga observed on the elevated flats between the Botletle andZambesi rivers during the late journey of J. Chapman and P. Baines witha block showing the Chapman variety). Mr Selous met it in Matabeleland(P. Z. S. 1883, p. 32), but the Matabele zebra is regarded as a distinct sub-species (E. selousi) by Mr E. I. Pocock (Ann
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . g from 13to 13*2 hands), by the greater length and thickness of its mane,by its bushy and more horse-like tail, and by the smaller size 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 417 sqq. (letter from Layard and Notes on anew variety of Quagga observed on the elevated flats between the Botletle andZambesi rivers during the late journey of J. Chapman and P. Baines witha block showing the Chapman variety). Mr Selous met it in Matabeleland(P. Z. S. 1883, p. 32), but the Matabele zebra is regarded as a distinct sub-species (E. selousi) by Mr E. I. Pocock (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 306).Tegetmeier, Hotses, Asses, Zebras, pp. 51-2. 2 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 282 (Distribution of South African Mammals). «] THE EXISTING EQUIDAE 67 of its ears (6^ instead of 7^ in.), and by the much smaller sizeof the callosities on its forelegs. The distinct markings on the legs of Chapmans variety(Fig. 80) are entirely absent in the typical Burchell animal is called dauw by the Boers, who also fre(]uently. Fig. 33. Skin of a full-grown Grants Zebra; Uganda^ call it quagga. The typical Burchell zebra was also termedthe Bonte Quagga by Cornwallis Harris-, and Mr Lydekker^ 1 The illustration is from a skin in my own possession, the gift of my friendthe Rev. .J. Roseoe, well known for his ethnological studies in Uganda. - Portraits of the Game and Wild Aniniah of South Africa, Part i. (London,1840). Harris used the term Burchells Zebra both in the text and on the plate(p. 48) of his Wild Sports of Southern Africa (London, 1841). 3 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, p. 428 n. 5—2 68 THE EXISTING EQUIDAE [CH. prefers the latter name. Mr Pocock^ regards the Burchell zebraor Bonte Quagga and Equus quagga as the same species, butto this point we shall presently revert. (15) Crawshays^ Zehra. (Equus hurchelli var, crawshayi),a variety found in the highlands of Nyassaland, west of LakeNyassa, is held by Prof Ewart to bridge over the supposedgap between th
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